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Ox  Wednesday,  the  twenty-second  day  of  November,  A.  D. 
MOCCCLIV,  the  Rev.  Horatio  Poxrt-.R,  D.  D.,  Was  consecrated 
Provisional  Hishop  of  the  Diocese  of  New- York,  in  Trinity  Church, 
in  tlie  city  of  New-Y..rk.  The  following  account  of  the  services  is 
taken  mainly  from  the.  Church  Journal  .— 

At  oievon  o'clock,  A.  M.,  the  procession  entered  the  Church  from 
the  south  Vestry-Room,  in  the  following  dfjer :— Candidates 
for  Holy  Orders  and  Students  of  the  General  Theological  Sem- 
inary;  unofliciating  Clergy;  Deacons  and  Priests  officiating; 
and  Bishops  in  their  robes.  The  Bishops  took  their  places 
within  the  Chancel-mils,  the  Bishop  of  Montreal  being  on  the 
left  of  the  Altar,  and  the  chair  on  the  right  being  left  vacant  for 
the  venerable  Presiding  Bishop,  whose  health  was  too  infirm  to 
allow  him  to  be  present  during  the  whole  of  the  services  of  the  day. 
The  Bi«m6ps  of  Vermont,  New-Jersey,  Michigan,  Maryland,  Penn- 
sylvania, Massachusetts,  Illinois,  Assistant  of  Connecticut,  and  Iowa, 
were  present.     In  the  middle '  of  the  choir  the  Provisional  Bishop- 


elect  was  seated,  facing  the  AUar,  with  tho  Hcv.  G.  T-  Bedell  q/i 
his  rightf^iid  the  lie  v.  J.  I.  Tucker  on  his  left.  Twelve  Priests, 
among  wliom  was  the  Archdeacon  of  Montreal,  occupied  the  stalls, 
six  on  either  side.  The  Deacons  were  placed  immediately  helow 
the  Chancel  steps.  The  rest  of  the  Clergy  were  seated  in  the 
Navo. 

Morning  Prayer  was  said  hy  tlie  Rev.  I)rs.  Taylor  and  Price, 
assisted  in  the  Lessons  (1st  Lesson,  Ezek.  xxxiii.  to  v.  10  :  '2d  Les- 
son, Acts  XX.  17-3G)  by  the  Rev.  Drs.  F.  Vinton  and  Lewis.  The 
IjSth  yelection  was  then  sung,  verses  3,  4,5.       «      ^      , 


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The  Ante-Communion  Office  was  commenced  hythe  Bishop  of 
Vermont,  the  Bishop  of  Iowa  reading  the  Epistle,  and  the  Bishop  of 
Illinois  tlie  Gospel.  * 

'  After  ainging  the  100th  Hymn,  verses  1,  2,  4  and  G,  the  Sermon 
was  preached  by  the  Bishop  of  Montreal,  from  the  words — Holy 
Father,  keep  through  Thine  own  name  those  whom  Thou  hast  giveti'me, 
that  they  may  he  one,  as  we  are. — St.  .John,  xvii.  11. 

An  Anthem  (the  1 34th  Psalm)  was  then  sung ;  during  which  the 
venerable  Presiding  jBishop  entered,  leaning  for  support  on  tlie  arm 
of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Haight,  his  infirmity  rendering  him  unable  to  be 
present  during  the  whole  of  the  protracted  services  of  the  day. 
The  Provisional  Bishop-elect  was  then  presented  by  his  elder- 
brother,  the  Bishop  of  Pennsylvania,  and  the  Assistant  Bishop  of 
Connecticut.  The  Presiding  Bishop  having  called  for  the  Testi- 
monials, they  were  presented  and  read  ;  those  of  the  Convention  of 
New-York  by  its  Secretary,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Eigenbrodt ;  those  gf  the 
Standing  Committee  by  the  Rev.   Dr.   Haight,  Secretary   of  the 


\  Standing  Cominitlcc  of  the  Diocese  ;  and  the  Certificate  ol  the  coii- 

tt  ot    a  majority  of  the  Bishops,  by  tho    Rev.  Dr.    Van    Kiceck, 
of  tho  Assistant  Secretaries  of  tlic  last    Diocesan   Convention 
The^c  documents  were  then  laid  upon  llie  Altar. 

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The  Oath  of  conformity  and  ol)edicncc  to  the  Church  was  then 
taken  by^thc  Provisional  Bishop-clGct. 


The  Prcsidinff  Hishop  having  made  tlic  call  to  Praycrjthe  Litany 
was  said  hy  the  Hishop  of  Massachusetts.  Tho  Interrogatories 
were  addressed  by  the  Bishop  of  New-.Iersey.  The  Rev.  Messrs. 
Bedell  and  Tucker  assisted -in  robing.  The  venerable  Presiding 
Bishop  then  came  forward,  and  the  other  Bishops  gathered  round  ; 
the  Veni  Creator  Spiritus  was  said  ;  six  of  the  Bishops  joined  in 
the  laying  on  of  hands,  (the  Bishops  of  Montreal,  Vermont,  Nc\v- 
Jersey,  Michigan,  MarylanJ,  and  Pennsylvania.) 

The  Offertory  was  read  by  the  Assistant  Bishop  ol  Connecticut 
the  alms  being  collected  by  six  Deacons,  and  devoted  to  (he  Mis- 
sionary work  of  the  Dioecse.  Tfie  :j|^ftMniunion  Office  was  contin- 
ued by  the  Bishops  of  Maryland  aiia  Michigan,  the  latter  iL-onse- 
crating.  «The  Bishops  administered  to  the  Clergy;  and  the  Rev. 
Dr.  Clark,  Bishop-elect  of  Rhode  Island,  the  Yen.  Archdeacon 
Uower,  of  Montreal,  and  the  ^lev.  Drs.  Creighton  and  S.  R.  John- 
son, to  a  very  large  number  of  the  faithfuf  Laity.  The  Post-Coni- 
innnion  wb*  said  ty  the  Bishop  of  Pennsylvania  ;  the  Gloria  in 
Excclsis  (Dr.  Ilaight  leading)  was  sung  without  the  organ  ;  and 
the  Presiding  Bishop  concludei-^ith  the  final  Benediction;  After 
the  Service,  the  Chancel  was  thronged  with  the  Clergy  and  Laity, 
crowding  to  bid  the  Hjew  Bishop  God-speed ! 


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'I'lio   Jay   was  sojiiowhat  rainy  ;  but   tliu   uiipleasaiitul'ss  of  the 
wuallier^  did    not  jjrevcnt    tho    whole    disposable    (irca    of   Twnity 
Church  from  being  crowded  to  iti  utfiiost  capacity^     Tlie  iihnunse 
preponderance    of    nialo    voices — especially    of    the    Clergy— gave 
great' vofumo  and  solemn -force  to  the  responses  of  the,  iwahnody, 
especially  in  the  Old  Hundredth  Psalm  tune,  sung  to  thi  one  hmi- 
drodth  Hymn.     Tho  music  indeed — as  on  all  occasions 'at 'J'fTnity 
Church— deserves,  and  ought  to  have,  a  special  mention  by  itself.  <^ 
Hut  our  limits  will  not  allow  us  to  do  more  than  mention  that  the  'ij'c 
Dcum  andJubHate  were  Boyce  i^i  A.     The  Anthem^  I'sahn  134— a" 
beautiful  composition  by  Dr.  Hodges— was  originally  written  for  the 
e;tpected  c6nsc!tration  of  the  llev.  Dr.  Greighton.     IJeginning^ith  a 
solo,  the  composition  becomes  gradually  richer  and  fuller  towards 
the  closing  chorus,  the  whole  ending  with  an  admirable  and  elabo-  " 
rate  "  Hallelujah,  Amen."  .     ' 


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The  Letter  of  Consecration — a  magnilicent  specimen  of  illumina- 
tion on  parchment  by  tho  hand  of  a  daughter  of  the  Church— was 
ready  in  the  Vestry-room,  after  the  Service,  for  tho  signatures  and 
seals  of  the  Consecrating  Prelates. 


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Thus  auspiciously  does  Bishop  Potter  commence  his  Episcopate, 
as  tho  successor  of  the  lamented  Bishop  Wainwright.  With  such 
a  gathering  of  \Bishop8  and  Clergy  ;— with  one  worthy  reprepenta- 
tivo  of  our  Mother  Church  of  England,  again  entwining  the  strands 
of  the  Apostolic  Succession  in  the  two  Churches,  and  that,  too,  by 
the  same  hands  which  were  %o  welcome,  in  the  same  capacity,  on 
the  occasion  of  iJishop  Wainwright's  Consecration  ; — with  a  unity 
of  feeling  in  tho  Diocese  in  regaftl  to  himself— personally  and  offi- 
cially— which  is  wholly  unanimous  ; — and  with  every  confidence  in 


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tht!  afloctioirand  ilovotum  ol'  his  c*^lergy  iiii^  jwippjo  : — I{i.sli(>[(  Poller 
cTommencO»}.aii  Kpiscopatc  wliicli  \vu  lointlywist  will  rcaliiic  even 
inoro  for  tiic  Cliurcli  lljaii  iiis  most  anient  personal  friends  have 
ventured  to  antijuipate.  -     '  ,      . 


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CORRESPONDENCE. 


New-York,    November  2i,  1864. 


Mv  Dear  I^ord  Bishop: — 


I  cannot  express  to  your  Lordship  how  very  much  1  feel  obliged, 
and  how  much  the  Church  in  this  Diocese  ^  obliged,  by  your 
great  kindness  in  consenting  to  come  to  us,  and  to  preach  the 
Sermon  on  tlie  occasion  of  my  Consecration  as  Provisional  Bishop 
of  the  Dioceso  of  New- York.  It  has  endeared  you  to  thousands  of 
hearts,  and  bound  more  closely  the  ties  which  unite  our  Branch  of 
the  Holy  Catholick  Church  to  yours— the  Christians  of  one  country 
to  those  of  another. 

But,  my  dear  Lord,  your  kindness  will  not  have  all  the  good 
effect  which  it  is  so  well  calculated  to  produce,  unless  you  will 
favor  us  with  a  copy  of  your  admirable  sermon  for  publication. 
The  touching  words  used  by  you  in  relation  to  our  lamented  friend, 
the  late  Bishop  Wainwright,  and  the  very  fitting  terms,  in  which 
your  Lordship  touched  a  variety  of  interesting  topics,  make  me 
very   desirous  that  the  discourse  should  be   given  to  the  public. 

The  Standing  Committee  of  the  Diocese  earnestly  unite  with  me 
in  urging  this  request. 

I  remain. 

My  dear  Lord  Bishop, 

With  great  respect  and  regard, 
Most  faithfully  yours, 

^lORATIO  POTTER. 
To  the  Right  Reverend 

The  Lord  Bishop  or  Montreal. 


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Ni:w-YoRK,  November  24,  1854. 


Mv  Dkar  Bi3hoi'  : — 


Having  at  your  request,  and  that  of  the   Eecle«iastical    Authority 
of  the  Dioccbf,  consented  to  preach  on  the  occasion  of  your  Conse- 
cration, as  Provisional   Bishop,  I  shall  not  refuse  to  leave  with  you 
the  manuscript  of  the  Sermon  which  I  delivered   in'Trinity  Churcii. 
on  Wednesday  last.     It  will  then  be  for  you  and  the  Staudiufr  Com- 
mittee, after  having  given  the   matter  your   best  consideration,  to 
decide  whether  any  benefit  is  to  be   expected  from    its  publication. 
I  iim  very  grateful  for  the  manner   in  which  you  have  expressed 
yourself  111  your  note,  both  towards  me  and  the  Church  t.f  England  ; 
and  I  can  assure  you  that  it  is  a  great  alleviation  of  the  regret  I  feel 
^ttthe  early  removal  of  Bishop  Wainwright,  to  know  that  his  suc- 
cessor IS  so  eminently  qualified  worthily  to  fill  the  vacant  office. 

I  remain. 

My  dear  Bishop, 

Very  sincerely  and  faitlifully  yours, 

F.  MONTREAL. 
The  Right  Hcvcrcnd 

Horatio  Potter,  D.  D. 


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.SERMON. 


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St.  John,  xvii.  11. 

Holy  Father,  keep  through  Thine  owu  name  those  whom  Thou  hast  given  me, 
that  they  may  be  one,  as  we  are.  \ 

These  words  form  part  of  that  solemn  and  earnest 
prayer,  which  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  offered  up  to  the 
Almighty  Father,  when  He  was  just  about  to  he  be- 
trayed into  the  hands  of  His  enemies.  He  knew  the 
importance  of  prayer,  as  a  means  of  obtaining  good 
gifts  from  God.  He  prayed  as  'the  prevailing  Inter- 
cessor ;'  and  He  has  taught  and  commanded  us  to  pray 
also,  in  and  through  His  name.  He  had  pFeviously 
prayed  for  one  of  His  disciples  in  particular :  "  I  have 
prayed  for  thee,  that  thy  faith  fail  not."  And  though 
Simon  Peter  fell  in  the  hour  of  his  temptation,  yet 
was  the  prayer  effectual  in  that  he  was  restored  again, 
and  afterwards  witnessed  a  good  confession. 

On  this  occasion  Christ's  prayer  is  not  confined  to 
an  individual,  but  is  offered  up  for  all,  in  every  age, 
that  should  believe  on  Him  ;  for  those  disciples  then 
present  with  Him,  yet  not  for  those  only, "  but  for  them 


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also  which  shall  believe  on  me  through  their  word  : 
that  they  al^Tnay  be  one,  as  Thou,  Father,  art  in  me 
and  I  in  Thee,  that  they  also  may  be  one  in  us ;  that 
the  world  may  believe  that  Thou  hast  sent  me."  And 
shall  not  tlds  prayer  of  Christ's  be  effectual  too? 
Again  He  says,  at  the  same  time,  "I  pray  not  that 
Tl^u  shouldst  take  them  out  of  the  world ;''  that  would 
not  have  fulfilled  the  purpose  of  God.  His  disciple?, 
the  members  of  His  body,  were  to  be  in  the  world  for 
its  sanctification,  through  the  Spirit,  wliich  was  given 
to  them :  they  were  to  be  the  leaven,  which,  by  its 
pervading  influence,  was  to  leaven  the  whole  lump. 
But  while  He  prays  earnestly  that  they  may  be  sancti- 
fied and  "  kept  from  the  evil"  of  the  world,  in  which 
they  were  to  continue.  He  prays  also  with  repeated  and 
strong  supplications,  that  they  may  be  knit  together 
in  unity,  in  the  closest,  holiest  bonds;  even  as  is  the 
unity  /of  Christ  with  the  Father.  Which  unity  would 
be  a  consequence  of  God's  protecting  grace  being  with 
them :  "  keep  through  Thine  own  name  those  whom 
Thou  hast  given  me,  that  they  may  be  one,  as  we  are." 
And  farther,  this  unity  would  be  a  witness  for  the 
truth,  as  it  is  in  Jesus :  "  that  they  also  may  be  one  in 
us ;  that  the  world  riiay  ])elieve  that  Thou  hast  sent 
me."  Christ  then  prays  for  His  disciples,  who  are  to 
be  in  the  world,  that  they  may  be  sanctified  and  kept 
from  the  evil ;  and  as  a  consequence,  may  be  knit  to- 
getJier  in  one  body,  as  a  witness  for  God  in  tlie  world. 
After  this  manner,  then,  it  was  in  the  mind  and 
jiurpose  of  Christ,  for  the  advancement  of  God's  glo- 


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ry,  and  the  furtherance  of  men's  salvjation,  that  His 
■  disciples  were  to  be  manifested  to  tlie  world,  as  wejl 
"  So  we,  (as  St.  Paul  writes  to  the  llomans,)  being 
as  known  unto  God  ;  forming  His  body,  the  Church, 
many,  are  one  body  in  Christ :  and  every  one  members 
one  of  another."  And  it  is  of  this  body  of  Christ  that 
so  many  glorious  descriptions  are  givfin  in  Scripture  ; 
of  which  the  faith  of  every  true  believer  anticipates  ' 
the  full  accomplishment— albeit  the  time  is  not  yet. 

Tlie  existence  of  evil,  and  sti^l  more,  its  frequent 
triumphs  in  the  world,  have  otyen  been  used  by  the 
infidel  as  his  strong  argument  for  his  unbelief  of  the 
Gospel.    And  certainly  the  C9iiflict  that  is  being  ccise- 
lessly  waged  by  the   powei;i^  of  darkness  against  the  ■ 
Church  of  Christ,  is  most  ftwful  and  mysterious.     But 
whether  in  the  case  of  individuals,  or  in  that  of  the 
Church,  as  a  body,  nothing  has  occurred  in  connection 
with     our    present    ;1fiilitant    state,   but    what    has 
been  as  plainly  foretold,  as  those  very  principles  of  our 
Christian  faith,  on  which  our  salvation  depends.     The 
present  period  is  oiie  of  probation  and.  trial,  which  God 
has  appointed  for  some  wise  and  merciful  purposes : 
and  whereas  Christ,  as  He  prayed,  so  lie  might  have 
altogether  prevented  the  fall  of  Peter,  but  did  not ;  so 
He  might  have  preserved  His  Church  from  all  present 
evil  whatsoever,  and  manifested  it  at  once  in  its  per- 
fect statue,  "  a  glorious  Church,  not  having  spot  or 
wrinkle;  nor  any  su.ch  thing."     But  lie  has  reserved 
this  manifestation  of  it  for  its  full  realization  hereafter. 
He  has  left  a  treasure,  but  it  is  in  earthen  vessels ;  and 


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He  has  foretold  us  in  His  word,  not  only  of  the  persecu- 
liona^  which  shall  assail  His  Church,  but  of  the  evils 
which  shall  creep  into  it.  But  it  shall  nevertheless 
bear  a  charmed  life ;  the  adversary  shall  not  be  able 
to  prevail  against  it  to  destroy  it ;  and  in  God's  own 
good  time  there  shall  be  an  end  of  these  trials,  and 
Christ's  prayer  shall  effect  a  perfect  work.  And  while 
notwithstanding  that  in  many  things  we  offend  all, 
yet  in  every  age  individual  saints  are  being  gathered, 
one  by  one,  to  ^eir  rest ;  so  shall  the  day  surely  ar- 
live,  when  the  whole  body  of  the  faithful  shall  be 
manifested^  as  the  body  of  Christ — "  a  glorious 
Church ;"  "  Christ  in  them,  and  God  in  Christ,  that 
they  may  be  made  perfect  in  one." 

Jut  in  the  mean  ^ime,  as  wdfare  taught  to  pray  for'" 
tl  ■  coming  of  Christ's  kingdom,  so  must  we  labor  for 
Ls  advancement;  that  the  truth  maje  work  for  the 
^sanctification  of  His  Church,  and  be  a  witness  for  God 
in  the  ^orld.  And  what  more  tended  to  extend  the 
triumphs  of  the  Gospel  in  the  Apostolic  ages  than  the 
unity  of  the  Church  ?  And  what  has  ever  been  impair 
ing  this  unity  of  the  visible  Church,  but  the  creeping  in 
of  heresies  and  false  doctrines ;  which  obliged  the  faith- 
ful in  contending  for  "  the  truth,"  which  is  the  end,  to 
put  in  peril  present  outward  unity,  which,  however 
great  a  blessing,  is  still  a  means  of  seeking  that  end  7 
"  The  wisdom  which  is  from  above  is  jvrst  pure,  then 
peaceable."  And  this  was  the  great  principle  of  "  the 
*  Reformation."  It  was  always jme  first  duty  of  the 
Church,  in  every  age  and  every  place,  to  contend  for 


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"  the  trutli :"  whether  it  were  endangered  by  the  Ju- 
daizing  compliances  of  St.  Peter,  the  heresies  of  Arius, 
or  the  corrupt  teaching  of  Rome.  And  if  the  conse- 
quence of  our  maintaining  "  the  truth"  in  its  purity 
should  be,  that  any  portion  of  existing  Christendom, 
however  large,  refuse  to  hold  communion  with  us,  "  sin 
lieth  at  the  door"  of  them  that  speak  not  the  simple 
"  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus."  That  is  the  first  point  to  be 
guarded.  And  ho  morbid  yearning  after  present  uni- 
versal outward  unity  must  be  allowed  to  be  put  in 
competition  with  the  paramount  duty  of  bearing  tes- 
timony to  "  the  truth."  "Sanctify  them  through  Thy 
truth  :  Thy  word  is  truth." 

To  uphold  » the  truth"  in  all  its  purity,  which  was 
corrupted  by  the  Church  of  Rome,  (which  Church  of 
Rome,  be  it  remembered,  had  already  long  cea»«w.,r3 
maintain  any  visible  unity  with  the  Eastern  Churches,) 
was,  I  repeat,  the  great  principle  of  "  the  Reforma- 
tioh,"  as  proclaimed  and  acted  upon  by  the  Church  of 
England.  It  set  up  no  new  body:  it  retained  its 
"Apostolic  order  and  polity,"  but  proclaimed  the  ful-' 
ness  of  "  evangelical  truth." 

^  Constituted,  then,  as  the  Anglican  Church  is,  teach- 
ing what  she  teaches,  believing  that  she  retains  the 
primitive  polity  and  the  sacraments,  and  unity  with 
the  Head  of  the  Church :  it  is  her  duty  and  privilege 
to  labor  for  the  advancement  of  Christ's  kingdom,  for 
which  He  has  taught  us  ever  to  pray;  and  to  seek  this 
not  merely  by  maintaining  her  own  purity  at  home, 
but  by  imparting  to^others  the  kngyjfidge  and  gifla 

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which  Hho  onjoys;  and,  as  far  as  may- ))e,  promoting 
the  unity  of  tlic  })o(ly  of  Christ,  not  only  in  spiritual 
'  relationship,  as  true  mein^)ers  of  Christ,  but  in  that 
outward  and  visible  uni'ty,  which  shall  be  a  witness  to 
the  woi-ld,  that  .the  world  ifiay  believe  that  Christ  ia 
with  her. 

While,  therefore,  the  body  of  Christ,  in  its  first  and 
holiegt  intention,  consists  of  the  faithful  of  all  ages, 
who  are  knit   together   in  one,  through  union  with 
Christ,  the  head,  those  still  in  the  flesh,  and  those  who 
have  fought  the  good  fight,  and  are  already  gathered 
to  their  rest ;  so  also,  in  order  to  the  completion  of  the 
number  of  the  elect,  there  is  nmu  a  militant  Church 
©n  earth,  of  which  we  are  severally  members,  by  vir- 
tue of  our   rhembership   in    an   outward  and  visible 
Communion,  into  which  w^e  have  been  baptized,  and. 
m  which  we   are .  partakers  of  the  means  of  grace. 
And  this,  which  for  distinction  I  will  call  the  Church 
of  the    Reformation,  bearing  witness  for  the  truth, 
protesting  against  the  corruption  of  it,  the  Catholic 
Church,  in  its  fullest  sense,^in.H8  positive  identity, 
not  merely  with  any  body i^  of  believers  now  in  the 
flesh,  but  with  the  Church  of  Christ  in  all  ages,  knit 
together  in  one  body,  with  a  countless  multitude,  in 
unity  of  faith,  and  doctrine,  and  polity,  "continuing- 
steadfastly  in  the  Apostle's ,  doctrine  and  fellowship, 
and    in    breaking    of   bread    and   in    prayer:"    this 
Church  hgs  a  present  existence,  jmd  claims  to  be  one 
body  in  every  part  of  the  woiTd,  presided  over  by 
one  hundred  and  sixteen  Bishops,  served  by  20,000 


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ministers,  and  jiourisliing  wi^i  her  fold  millions  of 
faithful  children- 

Without  pronouncing  upon  the  state  or  privileges  of 
others,  it  is  for  us  jto  he  assured  of  our  own..    And 
.  who  aniojigat  us  will  douht  that  the  power  of  Christ's 
prayer  in  the  text  shall  extend  to  us,  aa  living  brandies 
of  His  Church,  Avhich    are   now  bearing,  and   have 
lx)rne,  iuucIk fruit--"  clouds  of  witnesses"  for   "the  f" 
truth?"     "Holy  Father,  keep,  through  Thii^   own 
qaiue,  those  whom  ^rhouliast  given  me,  that  they  may 
be  one,  as^e  are."     But  if  so,  must  we  not  seek  after 
the  perfecting  of  this ,  oneness,  that  it  may  both  he  a 
reality^  and  be  manifested^  in  order  that  we  may  bear 
Avitness  for  Christ  that  the  world,  may  believe  that 
God  has  sent  Him  7  ,  And  it  is  as  a  consequence  of 
this  unity  between  several  membei-s  of  Christ's  body, 
that,  as  a  chief  pastor  of  a  Diocese  in  an  imperial 
colony  of  British  North  America,  I  am  here  this  day 
to  take  part  in  these  solc^in  services  for  consecrating 
a  chief  pastor  for  this,  the  most  important  Diocese  \t\ 
yofur  great  Eepublic.     To  the  same  eflfect  have  been 
those  interchanges  of  ministerial  offices,  and  that  com- 
mon counsel  on  subjects  of  deep  Concern  to  the  wel- 
fare  of  t^ie   Church,  which   have   so   reciently   bepn 
"cheering  the  hearts,  and  strengthening  the  hands  of 
thd   brethren,  on  either  side  of  the  Atlantic ;  and 
forcibly  reminding  us  of  the   great   fact,  that   "  we, 
being  many,  are  one  body  in  Christ,  and  every  one 
members  one  of  another."     But  however  real  may 
have  Been  the  advantages  of  such  intercommunion, 


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llei*^  have  rather  Leen  the  w »    ices  of  individuals,  or 
at  Inost  of  ,si)ecial  societies  formed  witliin  the  Church, 
than  soleinii  acts  of  tlu>  great  body  corporate  itself. 
Must  it,  however,  always  be  tlie  unfulfilled  yearning  of 
earnest  s^nrits  tliat  the  day  nuiy  come  when  the  whole 
body  of  the  Reformed  Church  shall  mefit  together  in  her 
corporate  character,  bearing  witness  for  Catholic  truths, 
and  testifying,  in  some  recognized  and  official  manner, 
both  for  her  own  true  Catholicity,  and  for  the  unity  of 
her  members  in  every  quarter  of  the  world  ?     When 
combinations  are  ever  being  made  to  give  force  to  the 
promulgation  of" what  we  believe,  to  be  error,  are  we 
not  bound  to  unite  for  tlie  maintenance  of  truth  ?     Is 
it  not  bur  positive  duty,  in  oi«|»  that  the  world  may 
believe  that  God  has  sent  Christ,  and  that  He  is  in  the 
midst  of  us  ?     Are  we  not  bound  to  give  the  greatest 
force  and  publicity  to  our  testimony  ?     "  Ye  are  the 
light  of  tiio  world.     A  city  that  is  seton  an  hill  can- 
not be  hid.    Neither  do  men  light  a  candle  and  put 
Ifeynder  a  bushel,  but  on  a  candlestick  ;  and  it  L'iveth 
lignt  to  all  tbat  are  in  ^he  house.     Let  your  light  go 
shine  before  men,  that  they  fiiay  see  your  good  w 
and  glorify  your  Father  which  i^^n  heaven." 

It  is  true  there  are  some  different  accideW  a-.v^v^i,- 
ing  the  position  of  the  Church,  for  good  or  foV  evil,  in 
^^l^^t  localities — whether  in  England  or  sJjotland, 
•n'^ljjyjipi'frl^^  America  or  this  Empire,  in  th^  East 
<M*  V^HpSi^PvIhina,^' Australasia,  or  Africa  \  but 
theyg^W^pa  do  n^^tct  the  one  ministry  ^hich 
serve^-lfi  t^  Church,  or  the  great  Catholic  trtiths 


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which  wc  oinhodied  in  6nv  Crood.s  und  Articles  of 

Fuitli.ij,^  iV^d  these  very  iiifl nonces  under  which  the 

^l^'^te*''^'^-"^^'^   '"  'l'^^"*'i'^'"t  lucidities,  tht)  (htterent 

»l«Rtt^i^Klj|in  which- she  stunds  to  the  civil- uuthori- 

^.'C  •different  state  of  society  in  regard  to  other 

religious'   teaching,    niorals7  ^>i"    civllkation,   that    is 
brought   to'  bear   upon    her   in    tlie    various   nations 
wherein  she  is  publishing  her  rapsage,  add  strength 
to  the  unvarying  sameness  "of  that  " faith,  once  [for 
all]   delivered  t6  the  saints,"  which  she  everywhere 
believes  and  contends  for.     And  if  at  any  time  the 
force  of  any  passing  crisis,  internal  revolutions  of  the 
State,«|Or  the  irruption  of  foreign  conquests,  the  decay 
of  learning  6r  piety,  or  the  overpowering  influence  of 
the  master-mind  of  some  bold  heresiarch,  should,  in 
any  one  place,  cause  the  trumpet  to  give  either  an  un- 
certain or  a  false  sound,  a  corrective  power  would  be 
found  in  the  united  testimony  of  the  collective  body  of 
the  Church,  so  that  "  in  the  mouth  of  two  or  three 
witnesses  every  word  shall  be  established."     The  im- 
portance of  such  united  testimony,  and  its  corrective 
ip;fl«ence,  was  well  understood  by  Gregory  the  Great, 
as  far  back  as   U\e  sixth  century,  Avhile  as  yet  the 
claims  of  the  Papacy  were  undeveloped :    that  very 
Gregory,  be  it,  remembered,  who,  as  simple  Bishop  of 
Rome,  sent  over  Augustine  on  his  mission  to  England. . 
Condemning  the  idea  of  any  one  assuming  the  title  of 
only  or  u^iiversai  Prelate,  he  i^^rites  to  Anastasius, 
Bishop  of  Antioch :  "  This  is  a  point  of  the  last,  im- 
portance ;  neither  can  we  comply  with  the  innovation 


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without  betraying  religion,  and  adulterating  the  faith 
of  the  Catholic  Church.  For  not  to  mention  the  in- 
vasion upon  the  honor  of  your  character,  if  any  one 
Bishop  must  have  the  title  of  universal,  if  that  Uni- 
vei-sal  Prelate  should  happen  to  miscarry,  the  wholfe 
Church  must  sink  with  him."* 

I  allude  now  specially  to  the  maintenance  of  great 
Catholic  verities.  The  internal  regulation  of  each 
national  Church,  and  the  administration  of  ecclesias- 
tical law  and  discipline,  or  the  particulars  aiyl  manner 
of  ceremonial  worship,  as  they  are  not  specially  pre- 
scribed in  the  Word  of  God,  so  they  need  not  be 
everywhere  exactly  alike,  as  is  fully  and  plainly  set 
forth  in  the  Thirty-fourth  Article. 

Having  made  allusion  to  Gregory's  judgment  re- 
specting the  positive  sinfulness  of,  and  the  evil  conse- 
quence., to  be  expected  from,  the  assumption  of  the 
title  of  Universal  Bishop,  by  any  one  individual  pre- 
late, I  may  notice  that  the  Bishf)ps  of  the  Roman 
Church  have  lately  issued  pastoral  lettere,  in  obe. 
dience  to  the  commands  of  the  Pope,  enjoining  the 
people  to  pray  unceasingly,  "  that  his  holiness  may  be 
illuminated  by  the  light  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  so  as  to 
enable  him  to  decree,  as  soon  as  possible,  concerning 
the  conception  of  the  Holy  Mother  of  God,  the  im- 
maculate Virgin  Mary,  Avhat  may  appertain  to  the 
greater  glory  of  God,  and  the  praise  of  the  same  Vir- 
gin, the  most  loving  Mother  of  all."  And  Cardinals 
Bishops,  and  Ecclesiastics  from  all  j)art8  of  the  world, 
are  now  assembling  at  Home,  expecting  to  receive 

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from  the  Pope  his  decision  on  this  very  point  of  doc- 
trine, respecting  the  Virgin  Mary.  Let  us  not  be  less 
earnest,  less  united  in  the  witness  we  bear  to  '.the 
truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus.' 

Nor  is  it  only  against  such  corruptions  of  the  truth, 
and  in  that  direction,  that  we  have  to  watch  and 
guard  the  faith.  If  we  cau  read  aright  the  signs  of 
passing  events,  if  we  will  give  heed  to  thjp  warning 
voice  of  Scriptuj'e,  there  shall  yet  be  perilous  times 
before  the  coming  of  Christ ;  Avhen  the  Prince  of  this 
V  world  shall  wage,  a  fearful  warf&re  against  the  elect ; 
when  the  love  of  many  shall  wax  cold ;  when  the  un- 
godly and  the  careless,  as  it  was  in  the  days  of  Noe 
and  of  Lot,  shall  set  at  naught  the  warnings  of  God's 
remembrancem,  and  think  only  of  the  business  of  this 
life,  or  follow  greedily  after  the  pleasures  of  sense ; 
when  the  name  of  Him  that  hung  upon  the  Cross  shall 
be  named  only  to  be  derided,  and  the  future  judgment 
shall  be  boldly  denied. ,  In  such  seasons  it  is,  that  the 
people  of  God,  in  every  place,  need  to  have  their  hearts 
cheered  by  mutual  counsel  and  intercommunion  :  then, 
when  the  wicked  make  a  mock  at  sin  and  despise 
the  Crucified  One  ;  then,  "  They  tliat  fear  the  Lord  must 
speak  often  one  to  another,  and  the  Lord^will  hearken 
and  hear  it."  Then  it  is,  when  the  highways  of  this 
world  are  full  of  busy  life;  when  human  reason,  and 
knowledge,  and  science,  are  triumphing  in  the  achieve- 
ment of  mighty  deeds ;  when  men  are  thinking  of  eat- 
ing and  drinking,  buying  and  selling,  planting  and  build- 
ing,  as  if  time  were  everything  and  eternity  a  dream ; — 


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then  it  is,  that  for  God's  honor,  for  the  deliverance  of  our 
own  souls,  and  for  the  salvation  of  such  as  shall  be  saved, 
we  must  publish  aloud  "  the  everlasting  Gospel :"  and 
say  unto  all  men,  "  Watcfye,  and  pray  always,  that  ye 
may  be  accounted  worthy  to  escape  all  these  things* 
that  shall  come  to  pass,  and  to  stand  before  the  Son 
of  Man."    As  in  a  fierce  storm  on  the  wide  ocean,  in 
the  midst  of  the  elemental  strife,  when  the  winds  rage 
horribly,  and  the  waves  swell  with  fury,  and  the  ves- 
sel strains  and  groans  in  every  part,  and  the  crew  run 
to  and  fro,  engaged  in  anxious  duty—yet  ever  and 
anon,  above  the  noise  and  din  that  pains  the  aching 
ear,  there  sounds  the  clear,  firm  voice  of  the  chief,  giv- 
ing utterance  to  commands,  that,  being  obeyed,  bring 
deliverance :  so  in  the   midst  and  above  the  world's 
proud  boastings,  and  opposing  rage  and  busied  life, 
must  still  be  heard,  like  the  clear,  full  notes  of  the 
trumpet,    the  cry  of  the  faithful,  with  united  voice, 
proclaiming  the  Crucified  One,  and  saying,  »  Blessing, 
and  honor,  and  glory,  and  power,  be  unto  Him  that 
sitteth  upon  the  throne,  jind  unto  the  Lamb  for  ever 
and  ever." 

And  if  there  be  much  (whether  we  think  each  of 
our  own  personal  shortcomings,  or  of  tirose  troubles 
that  try  and  vex  the  Church)  to  cause  all  of  us  to 
walk  with  fear  and  trembling^if  indeed  it  seem  to  re- 
quire the  continual  help  of  God's  promised  grace  to 
assure  us  that  "sufficient  for  the  day  is  the  evil  there- 
of,"  and  to  prevent  us,  when  anticipating  the  things  of 
the  morrow,  from  being  cast  down  through  too  much 


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carefulness ;  yet  surely  we  may  find  ground  for  hope 
and  confidence,  when  we  consider  how  God  has  merci- 
fully kept  His  Church  hitherto ;  and  specially,  how  He 
has  led  His  people  through  the  varied  ^struggles  of  the 
last  three  hundred  years ;  and  also  what  present  signs 
of  vigorous  life  are  everywhere  visible  in  the  action 
of  the  Church,  the  common  Mother  of  us  all.     I  might 
mention  the  continued  safe  keeping  of  "that  good 
thing  which  was  committed"  to  her  trust— the  Catho- 
lic faith,  and  ministerial  gifts.     I  might  mention  the 
earnest,  and  sustained,  and  successful  efforts  now  mak- 
ing for  the  furtherance  of  the  Gospel  kingdom  by  Mis- 
sionary enterprise  abroad — the  zeal,  and  wisdom,  and 
munificence  manifested  so  generally  in  the  erection  of 
churches  among  our  own  people — the  increased  care 
in  the  training  candidates  for  Holy  Orders,  and  gene- 
rally in  the  work  of  education — the  multiplied  demand 
for  devotional  and  theological  works,  as  well  those  of 
a  standard  character,  as  those  adapted  for  more  popu- 
lar circulation.    And  I  have  already  taken  notice  of 
that  yearning  after  closer  and  more  real,  as  well  as 
visible,  intercommunion  between  the  difterent  mem- 
bers of  Christ's  body ;  which,  in  a  certain  measure,  has 
had  a  partial  accomplishment.     But  I  would  also  re- 
mind you  of  that  extraordinary,  and  entirely  unde- 
signed coincidence  in  the  action  of  two  important 
branches  of  the  Reformed  Catholic  Church,  which  has 
lately  been  witnessed ;  giving  evidence  that  they  both 
are  actuated  by  one  and  the  same  spirit,  under  a  deep 
^fi°^^  QtsQ^g^P  responsibilities,  and  with  a  desire  to 


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meet  tliem.     I  allude  to  the  important  Reports  pre- 
sented, in  the  last  Session,  by  the  Committees  appointed 
by  the  Upper  House  of  Convocation  in  England ;  and 
to  the  Memorial  presented  to  the  House  of  Bishops  at 
your  last  General  Convention,  with  the  subsequent 
proceedings  connected  therewith.     Time  will  not  al- 
low me,  nor  is  this  the  occasion,  to  enter  into  any  de- 
tails respecting  these  matters,  about  which  there  may, 
at  this  early  date,  be  well  allowed  to  be  many  dif- 
ferences  of   opinion.      I   will    merely   observe,   that 
neither  we  nor  our  fathers  have  witnessed  many  more 
important  movements  in  ecclesiastical  affairs ;  and  that 
there  certainly  is  a  manifest  desire  in  all  parties  con- 
cerned therein  (in  which  I  am  sure  the  great  body  of 
the  faithful   will   heartily  sympathize)  to  endeavor, 
while  upholding  the  great  landmarks  of  the  Catholic 
faith,  and  maintaining  in  all  their  essential  integrity 
the  formularies  and  principles  of  the  Reformed  Church, 
so  to  increase  her  efficiency,  and  adapt  her  machinery, 
and  apply  her  teaching  and  ministrations  to  the  pre- 
sent condition  and  necessities  of  the  people,  as  shall 
enable  her  most  successfully  to  fulfil  the  work  of  her 
ministry,  and  gather  into  her  fold  those  for  whom 
Christ  died.     But  who  is  sufficient  for  such  a  task  ? 
Wiio  shall  be  the  skilful  workmen,  "  that  need  not  to 
be  ashamed,"  to  whom  the  Church  shall  look  for  wise 
and  prudent  counsel,  and  vigorous  action,  in  such  high 
arid  holy  efforts?      Let  us  but  have  faith  in  God*s 
promises  to  His  Church,  and  plead  them  iu  prayer  to 
Him,  and  we  need  not  doubt,  but  that  in  the  time  of 


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need,  there  will  always  he  raised  up  able  and  willing- 
sons,  both  to  do  and  to  suffer  for  the  honor  of  Christ 
and  the  maintenance  of  Hi^  truth — "  aa  thy  day  is,  so 
shall  thy  strength  be." 

There  is  the  name  of  one  individual  attached  to  the 
documents  issued  in  connection  with  that  Memorial, 
who,  with  every  necessary  qualification  of  character,  at-' 
tainments,  and  official  position,  and  earnestly  desiring 
to  see  the  efficiency  of  the  Church  promoted,  and  her 
unity  maintained  in  all  her  members,  had  zealously 
devoted  himself,  with  others  of  his  brethren,  to  the 
carrying  forward  this  most  important  work;  but 
whom  it  has  pleased  Almighty  God  to  remove  from 
this,  his  scene  of  active  and  useful  laboi-s,  when  to  our 
finite  sense  they  seemed  calculated  to  be  most  benefi- 
cial, if  not  necessary,  to  the  Church.  It  is  not,  how- 
ever, on  this  occasion  only  that  we  need  to  learn  a  les- 
son of  submission  to  the  will  of  God,  and  to  receive 
the  warning  admonition  of  Christ,  "  What  I  do  thou 
knowest  not  now,  but  thou  shalt  know  hereafter." 
Scarcely  two  years  have  even  now  elapsed,  since  I  was 
invited  to  be  present  at  the  consecration  of  him,  of 
whom  we  must,  alas !  already  speak,  as  the  late  Bishop 
Wainwright ;  and  now  I  am  with  you  again  for  a  simi- 
lar purpose,  on  the  appointment  of  his  successor.  Well 
do  I  remember  the  grateful  joy  that  was  felt,  and  ac- 
knowledged, by  all  the  members  of  your  Church,  at 
the  elevation  of  Bishop  Wainwright  to  the  Episcopate ; 
it  was  a  time  of  no  common  mercy  to  your  long-afflict- 
ed  Diocese.     Nor  were  the  hopes  and  expectationsj 


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then  80  warmly^therished,  disappointed.     Brief  as  has 
been  the  period  of  his  official  life,  ho  crowded  into  it 
such  an  amount  of  active  labor,  and,  I  believe  I  may 
justly  say,  so  wisely.knd  affectionately  applied  himself 
to  all  matters  of  bu^ines^^  that  whether  as  a  preacher 
of  the  (Gospel,  o.r  overseei^of  the  flook,  liis  praise  is  in  - 
all  the  churches  ;  and  he  ha\  earned  a  name  worthy  to 
live  with  those  of  the  emiiieii^  prelates  who  have  gone 
before  him<-with  that  of  Steabury,  first  father  of  a 
ti-ans-Atlanti<3  seed,  witiv  the  Apostolic  White,  with 
your  own  revered  Hobart,  and  alkhose  who  have  aided 
in  the  work  of  building  up  the  Church  of  God  in  this 
land.      Xor  is  Bishop  Wamwriglit's  death  felt"  and 
mourned  for  only  b>  yourselves.     Wherever  he  was 
known  in  England— and  that  was  iti"ho  narrow  circle 
—there  will  be  hearts  ready  to  sympathize  in  all  your 
grief     And  for  myself,  independent  of  my  previous  ac=^ 
quaintance  with  him,  he  was  so  very  recently  with  me, 
^  a  guest  in  my  own  house,  and  taking  part  in  solemn' 
services  in  my  own  Cathedral   Church,  that  I  cannot 
but  claim  the  right- to  feel  the  loss,  as  that  of  a  friend 
for  Avhom  I  had  a  warmN regard,  as  well  as  of  a  Bishop, 
whose  character  I  respected.  / 

But  if  God,  in  His  inscrutable  wisdom,  has  been  pleas- 
ed, thus  early  in  his  I^piscopate,  to  ca]i.nway  Bishop 
Wainwright  to  his  great  account,  let  us  with  thank- 
fulness .-acknowledge  that  He  has  tempered  this  visita- 
tion with  meiu-y.  For  certainly  it  is  no  small  mercy 
that  you  should  have  been  enabled  at  once  to  agree  in 
the  choice  of  a  successor.     O'f  him  whom  you  have 


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thus  chosen,  it  becomes  not  me,  almost  a  stranger,  to 
speak  in  your  presence,  except  that  I  may  justly  as- 
sume, that  he  should,  in  so  large  a  Diocese,  with  so 
many  individuals  amongst^  you  eminently  qualified  for 
such  a  post,  without  any  delay  or  difficulty  have  been 
^      selected  with  so  much,  unanimity,  cannot  but  give  a 
pledge  to  all  the  Church,  that  he  will  be  no  unworthy 
successor  of  your  late  Diocesan.     And  he  fulfils  the 
1      Apostolic  rule,  in  that  he  is  no  novice.     His   early 
\  theological  studies  and  training,  and  his  more  recent 
^      pastoral  duties  in  a  large  and  important  charge,  will 
•*^'  1- ,  have  gained  him  jnuch  exi)erience,  that  cannot  but 
be  exceedingly    useful    in  administering    his  future 
office. 

In  conclusion,  as^^who  has  himself  now  fully  felt 
the  burden  of  the  Episcopate,  I  will  only  further  ex- 
hort our  revei-end  brother,  now  about  to  enter  upon 
similar  duties,-  how  needful  indeed  it  is,  that  he  should 
more  than  ever  seek  for  an  increase  of  God's  manifold 
gifts  of  grace ;  that,  as  we  shall  presently  join  in,  what  I 
trust   may  be  effectual,  fervent  prayer  for   him,  he 
may  '.duly  execute  the  office  whereunto  he  is  called  to 
the  edifying  of  the  Church,  and  to  the  praise  and  glory 
of  God.'     If  the  Church  of  Christ  is  eVer  adequately 
to  fulfil  her  mission  in  the  world,  if  she  is  to  be  »  as  a 
city  set  upon  a  hill,"  a  city  of  refuge  for  wayfarej-s,  "  a 
city  which  is  at  unity  in  itself,  whither  the  tribes  may 
go  up,  the  tribes  of  the  Lord;"  it  must,  under  God's 
blessing,  be,  in  no  small  measure,  owing  to  t^e  degree 


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of  faithfulness,  and  wisdom,  and  love,  with  which  those 
who  fill  her  places  of  authority,  take  oversight  of  the 
flock  committed  to  their  charge.    And  though  we  may 
not  in  these  daysNbe  called  on  to  give  our  bodies  to  be 
burned  at  the  stake,  foi-  a  testimony  for  the  truth  of 
the  Gospel ;  yet  the  steadfast  and  enduring  spirit  is 
not  less  needful  now  than  in  those  times  of  fiery  per- 
secution.    Nay,  more— we  must  seek  that  spirit  of 
love  which  shall  teach  not  only  endurance,  but  hu- 
mility ;  which  "  vaunteth  not  itself,  is  not  puffed  up, 
nor  easily  provoked;"   which    "beareth   all   things, 
believeth    all    things,   hopeth    all    things,    endureth 
all  things."      And   if  a  blessedness   is  in  store  for 
those  who  are    persecuted    for    righteousness'    sake, 
,  there  is  one   also  for  "the    peace-makers,  for    they 
shall  be  called  the  children   of  God."     And  if  we 
wish  to  see  the  present  prosperity  of  our  Zion,  let 
us  remember  that,  however  the  world  may  boast  its 
power,  and  make  light  of  them  that  fear  the  Lord,    ' 
yet  that  "blessed  (says  Christ)  are  the  meek,  for  they 
shall  inherit  the  earth."     O  let  us  pray  that  with  such 
graces,  and  in  such  a  spij-it,  this  our  brother  may  go 
forth,  from  this  sanctuary,  as  a  chief  watchman  over 
God's  house,  and  a  leader  in  the  armies  of  Israel.  Then 
shall  his  work  prosper ;  then  shall  he  "so  guide  you 
through  the  strife  and  the  evil  of  this  world,  that  you 
may  learn  to  walk  in  unity  of  spirit,  in  the  bond  of 
.peace  and  righteousness  of  life,  until  the  wilderness 
shall  be  passed,  and  that^day  shall  arrive,  when  Christ's 
priayer  for  His  people  shall  have  its  perfect  work ;  and 


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all  the  sheep  shall  be  gathered  together,  one  flock  in 
one  fold,  safe  from  every  danger,  secure  from  every  ' 
fear,  under  the  immediate  and  ever-abiding  care  of  the 
one  great  "  Shepherd  and  Bishop  of  our  souls.'.' 


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